WebWare

I love good webware. Webware is essentially a service or software (lots of time it's open source) that is web-based.

I like fast, clean, and well written webware. I've been creating and around it for 10 years and can really appreciate when an interface is well done. I like to take some of that love and channel it in inspiration for Globat software.

Right now, my favorites are:
1) Confluence - the best wiki platform I've seen. It's very intuitive and complete.
2) B2Evolution.net - clean, precise and well run project. (I use blogger.com w/Globat for this blog).
3) Mint.com - an unreal web-interface which is polished like no other.
4) Gmail - I am still a huge fan of the gmail interface.

I am currently a big fan of Yahoo's YUI design components and FusionCharts for graphs. I use YSlow on everything, and insist our development team does. Speed and usability are vitally important.

As you're developing web applications, don't just use the same old styles. Look around and find what is cutting edge, fast and intuitive. Your users will love you for it.

--Chris Ueland / President, Globat.com